Problem #3 – Strategic Planning Facilitators Should Ask the Tough Questions.
Strategic planning facilitators ask tough questions that others may be just reluctant to ask. Perhaps it’s having the boss is in the room, silence, or just fear to respond without all the information. 
Tough questions must be asked and answered. Otherwise, you may be just going through the motions of strategic planning. How are you going to get those tough questions asked? Or how do you get it answered? Do you challenge the response, get other opinions, or move on?
Your Facilitator is a Key Component of the Process
The strategic planning facilitator should have the experience and skills to make strategic planning work. Using an expert strategic planning consultant who is skilled at facilitation.
In many strategic planning sessions, an internal facilitator is appointed. In some cases that may work, but most of the time it just doesn’t. It’s usually not something they are skilled enough to do well. They don’t do it regularly, and often don’t have a process to use. Often they may just wing it.
Having an expert strategic planning consultant conduct strategic planning increases the likelihood that the sessions and process will be productive, effective, and efficient.
Benefits of using a Top Level Strategy Facilitator
- You may want to participate with your team. If you are leading you can’t participate.
- Your leadership team may be lacking the expertise or experience to run the sessions. Our only job is to work on your strategic plan.
- We know how to get people involved, recognize body language, ask the right questions, challenge responses, and get people to reach consensus and alignment.
- We are great listeners and are uninhibited to ask what’s important to build a good strategy. We ask hard questions and get answers.
- We know how to get alignment with the group and get a consensus on key priorities.
Meetings are more efficient and stay on track. We watch the time closely and keep the conversations relevant and on task.- We can bring a fresh and outside perspective. We often bring best practices to our clients.
- Your strategic planning process will get finished. You get a realistic timeline to get the job done. We keep the plan and process moving forward.
- We keep you informed. In addition to the planning sessions, we’re involved with you providing insight, honest feedback, and updates.
The bottom line is that you can trust us as your strategic planning consultants to get your Strategic Planning done for you painlessly, quickly, and with results that will easily give you a great ROI. Our 3-step planning process also saves time and money for the organization.
There are two other problems we’ve heard from executives about Strategic Planning. Read about these issues by clicking the links below or on the website.
- Problem #1 – The Strategic Plan sits on a shelf, gathers dust, and implementation is ineffective.
- Problem #2 – The Strategic Plan and Planning Process is too complex.
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